Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from Italian private museum
Corroborated by 6 sources from 6 publishers
TL;DR
Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings stolen in Italian job Paitings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions were stolen in a heist on a museum near the Italian city of Parma, police say. Four masked men entered the Magnani Rocca Foundation villa on 22 March, police said, making off with Les Poissons by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Still Life with Cherries by Paul Cézanne and Odalisque on the Terrace by Henri Matisse. The gang were in and out in the space of three minutes, Italian media reports, and were only interrupted by the museum's alarm system, preventing them from stealing more.
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BBC News (World)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4vw2xmpzzo?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4vw2xmpzzo?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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The Guardian (World)
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/30/paintings-stolen-museum-italy-renoir-cezanne-matisse
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ABC News International Headlines
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/thieves-steal-paintings-renoir-czanne-matisse-italian-private-131533317
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CBS News World
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paintings-renoir-cezanne-matisse-stolen-italy-museum-under-3-minutes
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Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/03/30/art-thieves-three-paintings-renoir-cezanne-matisse-italy
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ABC News Entertainment Headlines
https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/wireStory/thieves-steal-paintings-renoir-czanne-matisse-italian-private-131533318
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The New York Times (World)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/europe/parma-art-heist-renoir-matisse-cezanne-italy.html